| Description |
4 videodiscs (675 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; full frame (1.33:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby digital 2.0 mono.; NTSC region 1. |
| Language |
Audio: English; subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Contents |
One night in the tropics (83 min. : 1940) -- Buck privates (85 min. : 1941) -- In the Navy (86 min. : 1941) -- Hold that ghost (86 min. : 1941) -- Keep 'em flying (87 min. : 1941) -- Ride 'em cowboy (86 min. : 1942) -- Pardon my sarong (84 min. : 1942) -- Who done it? (78 min. : 1942). |
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One night in the tropics (1 hr. 23 min.) -- In the navy (1 hr. 26 min.) -- Keep 'em flying (1 hr. 27 min.) -- Pardon my sarong (1 hr. 24 min.) -- Buck privates (1 hr. 25 min.) -- Hold that ghost (1 hr. 26 min.) -- Ride 'em cowboy (1 hr. 26 min.) -- Who done it? (1 hr. 18 min.) |
| Credits |
One night in the tropics: Leonard Spigelgass, producer ; directed by A. Edward Sutherland. |
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Buck privates: Alex Gottlieb, associate producer ; directed by Arthur Lubin. |
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In the navy: directed by Arthur Lubin. |
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Hold that ghost: Burt Kelly, Glenn Tryon, associate producers ; directed by Arthur Lubin. |
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Keep 'em flying: directed by Arthur Lubin. |
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Ride 'em cowboy: Alex Gottlieb, associate producer ; directed by Arthur Lubin. |
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Pardon my sarong: Alex Gottlieb, producer ; directed by Erle C. Kenton. |
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Who done it?: Alex Gottlieb, associate producer ; directed by Erle C. Kenton. |
| Performer |
One night in the tropics: Bud Abbott, Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Lou Costello, Robert Cummings, William Frawley, Mary Boland, Leo Carrillo, Peggy Moran. |
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Buck privates: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lee Bowman, Alan Curtis, Jane Frazee, Nat Pendleton, Andrews Sisters. |
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In the navy: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Powell, Claire Dodd, Dick Foran, Andrews Sisters. |
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Hold that ghost: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Joan Davis, Mischa Auer, Andrews Sisters. |
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Keep 'em flying: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Martha Raye, Carol Bruce, William Gargan, Dick Foran. |
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Ride 'em cowboy: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Johnny Mack Brown, Ella Fitzgerald. |
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Pardon my sarong: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige, Leif Erikson. |
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Who done it?: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patric Knowles, William Gargan, Louise Allbritton, Jerome Cowan, William Bendix, Don Porter. |
| Summary |
Buck privates: Abbott and Costello hide in an enlistment center to elude the police, and find themselves in the army. |
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One night in the tropics: Abbott and Costello play "two stooges employed by Roscoe, a crooked nightclub owner. Having financed a dubious 'love insurance' policy, Roscoe wants the boys to ensure that Steve marries his hard-to-get girlfriend as they travel to fun in the sun aboard a luxury ocean liner bound for San Marcos, South America." |
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In the navy: Two sailors bound for duty on the high seas befriend a singing star who has ditched the limelight for a quiet enlisted life, and try to help him evade an ambitious reporter intent on using his new identity for her big story. |
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Hold that ghost: Strange things start to happen when Abbott and Costello claim their inheritance, an abandoned roadhouse. |
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Keep 'em flying: Bud and Lou enlist in the Army Air Corps and get caught up in a love triangle. |
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Ride 'em cowboy: The duo head to the Lazy S ranch to hide after Lou accidentally proposes to an Indian girl. |
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Pardon my sarong: Bud and Lou travel to the south seas where Lou is mistaken for a legendary god. |
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Who done it?: Slapstick comedy thriller in which two radio writers become involved in a real murder while they are recording a whodunit play. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Ocean travel -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Soldiers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Sailors -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Singers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Apparitions -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Stunt flying -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Ranches -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mistaken identity -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Radio plays -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Spigelgass, Leonard, producer.
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Sutherland, A. Edward (Albert Edward), 1897-1973, director.
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Abbott, Bud, 1895-1974, actor.
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Costello, Lou, actor.
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Jones, Allan, 1907-1992, actor.
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Kelly, Nancy, 1921-1995, actor.
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Cummings, Robert, 1908-1990, actor.
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Frawley, William, 1887-1966, actor.
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Boland, Mary, 1880-1965, actor.
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Carrillo, Leo, actor.
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Moran, Peggy, 1918-2002, actor.
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Gottlieb, Alex, 1906-1988, producer.
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Lubin, Arthur, 1901-1995, director.
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Bowman, Lee, 1914-1979, actor.
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Curtis, Alan, 1909-1953, actor.
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Frazee, Jane, 1918-1985, actor.
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Pendleton, Nat, 1895-1967, actor.
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Powell, Dick, 1904-1963, actor.
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Dodd, Claire, 1908-1973, actor.
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Foran, Dick, 1910-1979, actor.
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Kelly, Burt, producer.
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Tryon, Glenn, 1899-1970, producer.
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Carlson, Richard, 1912-1977, actor.
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Davis, Joan, 1912-1961, actor.
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Auer, Mischa, 1905-1967, actor.
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Raye, Martha, actor.
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Bruce, Carol, 1919-2007, actor.
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Gargan, William, 1905-1979, actor.
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Gwynne, Anne, 1918-2003, actor.
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Brown, Johnny Mack, actor.
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Fitzgerald, Ella, vocalist.
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Kenton, Erle C., 1896-1980, director.
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Bruce, Virginia, 1910-1982, actor.
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Paige, Robert, 1910-1987, actor.
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Erickson, Leif, 1911-1986, actor.
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Knowles, Patric, 1911-1995, actor.
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Allbritton, Louise, 1920-1979, actor.
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Cowan, Jerome, 1897-1972, actor.
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Bendix, William, 1906-1964, actor.
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Porter, Don, 1912-1997, actor.
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Andrews Sisters, vocalist, actor.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Best of Abbott and Costello |
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Abbott and Costello |
| Standard No. |
025192159619 |
| Music No. |
61123984 Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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2023033 Universal Studios Home Entertainment (container) |
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2023550 Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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2023551 Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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2023552 Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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2023553 Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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